A.M. Roundup: Election results

Good morning! Election day is over, and in most races, clear winners have emerged. There are a few locally and around the state that remain too close to call, and we’ll spend the morning shifting through the effects. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in New York City today, but will be a guest on Susan Arbetter’s radio show, “The Capitol Pressroom,” just after 11. Here are today’s headlines…

The governor announced the new head of the Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement. (NYP)

New York City Councillman Charles Barron says Moammar Gaddhafi was his “hero.” (DN)

Juan Gonzalez on why Cuomo should sign the livery bill: The [current] law is so ridiculous city residents routinely ignore it, because on the streets of Brownsville or Bed-Stuy, Astoria or South Jamaica, Harlem or Washington Heights, East Tremont or Wakefield, you will hit the lottery before you will find a Yellow Cab. (DN)

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants more protections for people serving in the National Guard. (TU)

And here are some national headlines…

The IAEA says there is “credible” evidence that Iran has worked to develop nuclear weapons. (NYT)

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Joe Paterno’s tenure as the coach of the Penn State football team will soon be over, perhaps within days or weeks, in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal that has implicated university officials, according to two people briefed on conversations among the university’s top officials. (NYT)